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Rodgers on Finley: "The Packers Are Better with Jermichael on It"

During an interview with WBAY-TV in Green Bay on Friday, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers commented on free agent tight end Jermichael Finley, who reportedly met with the Packers team doctor earlier in the week:

"Unlike Nick Collins and Jonathan Franklin, I think he has an opportunity to get cleared," Rodgers is quoted as saying. "Now that's just my own guess, that has zero medical anything behind it, but I think there is potential for him to get cleared, which means he would want to play. The NFL is better with Jermichael in it, and the Packers are better with Jermichael on it."

It's perhaps interesting that Rodgers feels Finley has a better chance to get cleared than Collins and Franklin. The placement of Collins' and Finley's surgeries took place at the same place between the C3 and C4 vertebrae.

There's been no reports on the discussions that took place between Finley and Packers doctor Pat McKenzie earlier in the week.

Seems pretty out of character for him to say something like that. I would have expected something on the order of: "Well, at this point it's up to the doctors. If he is healthy enough to play of course we'd welcome him back."

I agree with the part about being supportive of his teammates. The part that seems odd is where he says "I think he has a chance to be cleared" but then quickly says that is just a guess and that there is nothing medical behind it.

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